§2414. Facilities

1.Facilities; property.
A public charter school may acquire facilities and property in accordance with this
subsection.

A. A public charter school has a right of first refusal to purchase or lease at or below
fair market value a closed noncharter public school facility or property or unused
portions of a noncharter public school facility or property located in a school administrative
unit from which it draws its students if the school administrative unit decides to
sell or lease the noncharter public school facility or property. The school administrative
unit may not require purchase or lease payments that exceed the fair market value
of the property. [2011, c. 414, §5 (NEW).]

B. A public charter school may negotiate and contract with a school administrative unit,
the governing body of a state college or university or public community college or
any other public or for-profit or nonprofit private entity for the use of a school
building. [2011, c. 414, §5 (NEW).]

C. Library, community service, museum, performing arts, theater, cinema, church, community
college, college and university facilities may provide space to public charter schools
within their facilities under their preexisting zoning and land use designations. [2011, c. 414, §5 (NEW).]

D. A public charter school may purchase or lease at or below fair market value part or
all of any surplus or unused state-owned facility or property located in the State.
The state agency in control of the facility may not require purchase or lease payments
that exceed the fair market value of the property. [2011, c. 414, §5 (NEW).]

E. The same zoning rules that apply to other noncharter public schools apply to public
charter schools. [2011, c. 414, §5 (NEW).]

[
2011, c. 414, §5 (NEW)
.]

2.Inspection; building code.
The municipality in which a facility of a public charter school is located is the
agency that has jurisdiction for the purposes of inspection of the facility and issuance
of a certificate of occupancy for the facility. If the facility is located in an
unorganized area of the State, the county has jurisdiction for those purposes. A
facility of a public charter school is subject to the same building codes, regulations
and fees that apply to other noncharter public schools.

[
2011, c. 414, §5 (NEW)
.]

3.Taxes.
A facility, or portion thereof, used to house a public charter school is exempt
from property taxes.

[
2011, c. 414, §5 (NEW)
.]

SECTION HISTORY

2011, c. 414, §5 (NEW).

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